TENANT NUISANCES

Eviction Case Based on Nuisance Dismissed for Deficient Termination Notice

February 26, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. Tenant's attorneys asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that landlord's termination notice was deficient.  Before the court...

Tenants Didn't Present Viable Grounds for Dismissal of Eviction Proceeding

February 26, 2024    

Landlord sued to evict tenants for creating a nuisance. Tenants asked the court to dismiss the case for a number of reasons, including improper service and insufficient notice of claims. The court ruled against...

Condo Board Seeks Damages from Unit Owner for His Tenants' Nuisance Behavior

February 26, 2024    

Landlord, a condominium board of managers, sued a condo unit owner for permitting and failing to adequately address the nuisance behavior of tenants he had rented the apartment to. The board sought declaratory and...

Landlord Co-op Corp. Properly Terminated Proprietary Lease

February 26, 2024    

Landlord cooperative corporation sued to evict proprietary lessee for engaging in objectionable conduct. The court ruled for landlord without trial and denied tenant's motion to dismiss the case along with her...

Termination Notice Didn't Sufficiently Explain How Tenant Failed to Cure Conditions

December 20, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breach of lease and creating a nuisance. The court granted tenant's request to dismiss the case. Landlord sent tenant a Notice of Termination dated two days after...

Landlord Must Pursue Ejectment Action to Evict Rent-Stabilized Tenant for Nuisance

November 27, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating or permitting a nuisance. After trial, the court found that the tenant had engaged in a number of incidents of threatening and harassing conduct toward the...

Termination Notice Wasn't Specific Enough

November 27, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for creating a nuisance. Tenant asked the court to dismiss the case, claiming that the predicate notice was too vague and didn't comply with the requirements of the...

Is Disabled Tenant Entitled to Accommodation to Curb Violent Outbursts?

September 25, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict tenant for creating a nuisance. The parties signed a probationary stipulation in court by which tenant agreed to refrain from loud and violent arguments in the building. The stipulation...

Downstairs Tenant Acted Intentionally and Unreasonably Against Upstairs Neighbor

September 25, 2023    

A cooperative shareholder tenant sued neighbor tenant in 2017 for creating a nuisance and later added a claim for trespass. In 2019, the court ruled for the plaintiff tenant in part, finding liability by the other...

ERAP Statute Requires Hearing on Nuisance Claim After Landlord Accepts Funds

August 29, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict tenant, claiming tenant created a nuisance. The court ruled for landlord and granted possession. Landlord accepted ERAP funds to cover tenant's back rent after the judgment of possession...

Notice to Cure Served on Tenant with Hoarding Disability Must Be More Specific

August 29, 2023    

Landlord, a supportive housing provider, sued to evict rent-stabilized Section 8 tenant based on clutter and unsanitary apartment conditions that landlord claimed violated substantial obligations of the tenancy....

Court Issues Ruling Finding Tenant Nuisance Despite Tenant's Failure to Appear

August 28, 2023    

Landlord sued to evict rent-stabilized tenant for breaching his lease by making excessive noise. Tenant failed to appear on the first court date, and the court scheduled an inquest. Before the inquest date, landlord...